If you like politics with your horror, you’re going to get it here.

Dread Central has the exclusive release announcement and trailer for The Exit State, a political horror thriller from director Gabriela Ledesma.

Everyone knows someone desperately looking for the funding and resources to make their first feature film. For Nic Curcio and Kirby Gladstein, the inaugural winners of last year’s Fantastic Pitches competition at Fantastic Fest, that dream became a reality.

A newly minted 4K restoration of Before the Fall hits home on the streaming service Shudder this month. It introduces a crucial chapter of modern Spanish suspense to a new wave of genre fans.

After making a huge splash at the Berlin International Film Festival, the film caught the eye of horror royalty Wes Craven. He was actively developing an American remake before the project vanished into development history.

Body horror is back and better than ever, baby. Chroma released the first trailer for The Restoration at Grayson Manor, which hits theaters this October before coming to VOD this winter, bringing with it a new meaning for the phrase “idle hands.”

In Poland’s first giallo film, all eyes are on you.

Exclusive: ScreenRant presents a clip from new comedy movie Operation Taco Gary's, featuring Jason Biggs, Arturo Castro, and Dustin Milligan.

EXCLUSIVE: Adam Hendricks and Greg Gilreath of Divide/Conquer, the genre production company behind the M3GAN films, Heart Eyes and more, are set to exec produce Play House, a new micro-budget horror movie from director Nicolas Curcio and Chroma, to star Will Harrison (Daisy Jones & The Six), Jessica Sula (Split), Jordan Gonzalez (The Long Walk), and James Urbaniak (Oppenheimer).

ComingSoon is debuting an exclusive trailer for NFT: Cursed Images, the upcoming supernatural horror movie from filmmaker Jonas Odenheimer. The film will be available to rent or own on digital platforms starting on March 6, 2026.

Last Spring, we introduced you to Alec Bonk's 80s revival action-comedy, Blind Cop 2. A month later, it was touring the festival circuit and taking home awards. As of this moment, it is still on a roadshow throughout the U.S.

But now, all of that has changed with the exclusive news that Chroma has acquired the North American rights for Blind Cop 2 and will release it across digital platforms later this year.

Stiff headwinds in the US theatrical marketplace have not stopped a host of fresh distribution companies from springing up, looking to take advantage of new ways to reach audiences. 

Dread has the official trailer for Hwang Wook‘s insane looking Mash Ville, hyped as a “whiskey-soaked kimchi western”, arriving digitally on January 23.

Chroma, the U.S.-based global distributor that works in the indie genre films sphere, has picked up the North American rights to Operation Taco Gary’s, a sci-fi comedy starring Simon Rex.

The directorial debut of Mikey K, the film will be released in select theaters in collaboration with Alamo Drafthouse Cinema on Feb. 27.

Acclaimed at festivals, it’s getting wider release next month.

Chroma gave us the first look at the new poster for THE STRANGE DARK, which it will release on Apple TV, Prime Video, and Fandango at Home January 16.

Zac Locke's sci-fi thriller hits Apple TV and Fandango in November, with an SVOD release to follow in December.